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Going for the Hail Mary, China's Lai Jun put it all on the line UTG for 250,000 and gets called on the CO by Filipino ace Czardy Rivera.

Lai shows K♦ J♦ while Rivera tables A♥ Q♥ .

The flop gave a huge boost to the hopes of the Chinese player: 3♦ 7♣ T♦ , however no further help came as the turn is the 5♣ and the river is the 9♥ .

With the win, Rivera now has a chip stack exceeding the one million mark heading into the deep waters of Day 2.

Lai finishes in 17th place.

Another battle was won before any community cards were dealt when New Zealand's Thomas Ward raised from UTG for 32,000 but gets re-popped by Lai Jun of China to 100,000.

Ward counters by 4-betting all-in for 665,000. Lai consumes two Time Bank cards before deciding to fight another day.